And The Glass Handed Kites
by Mew
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And The Glass Handed Kites is ranked 2nd best out of 9 albums by Mew on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Mew is Frengers which is ranked number 2743 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 574.
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And The Glass Handed Kites track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
And The Glass Handed Kites rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 7 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | hedera | Top 49 Music Albums of 2005 | 32/49 | 2 |
| 2026 |  ssteve | Top 57 Music Albums of 2005 | 33/57 | 2 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 2005 | 44/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2005 | 35/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  MadhattanJack | Top 69 Music Albums of 2005 | 48/69 | 2 |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 99 Music Albums of 2005 | 17/99 | 4 |
| 2026 |  HelsinkiSnorkel | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 67/100 | 7 |
| 2026 |  RasmV | My 100 most listened albums in 2025 | 20/100 | - |
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 2005 | 100/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | shanelovesyou1111 | Top 97 Music Albums of 2005 | 81/97 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 111 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 433 | |||
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And The Glass Handed Kites ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/07/2026 05:38 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,311 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/23/2025 21:08 | RasmV | 2,617 | 73/100 |
| ! | 07/17/2025 01:58 | imacgill | 2,878 | 79/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.1/100, a mean average of 77.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.7.
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And The Glass Handed Kites forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 09/25/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5446): By RasmVView latest topic →
LedZep 10/01/2021 15:11 in You must listen to the album below you.
EyeKanFly 04/01/2021 12:24 in What album are you listening to right now?And The Glass Handed Kites comments
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souplipton 06/19/2016 04:14 | #169108 | TOP COMMENT
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And The Glass Handed Kites is a record that works better as a complete album than as a collection of songs. This was recognized by the band, as they created seamless transitions from track to track. The transitions create a structure wherein the songs are movements within the larger framework of the album. This framework is in my mind broken into smaller sections composed of several songs, for example "Fox Cub" through "The Zookeepers's Boy" makes up one section, since they flow together even more naturally than other songs do. The album's sound is pretty ambitious, while still being pop music. This makes the album very listenable, while still having enough going on to reward multiple listens. One of the best modern pop rock albums, it's definitely worth your time.
madsnyland 10/09/2017 12:43 | #199306 | TOP COMMENT
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Progressive Rock/Pop at its finest. The album can be a lot to take as there are a lot to take in soundvice, but it really just gets better and better. I actually love the album more today than I did when it first came out. If I could have a say I think they should have cut two songs in the end of the album, as it is a quite long one with a lot of information, so by cutting two songs (Louisa and Small Ambulance) it would have been perfect.
This album is simply amazing. Beautiful compositions
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